Israeli format guru Avi Armoza had the floor to himself, and was able to provide a unique perspective on television now and in the future. After all, he does the impossible all the time, and he has a fantastic sense of games, and their underlying rules.
The most amazing finding was that after a decade of mergers and conglomerations into huge corporations like Fremantle, Endemol and BBC Worldwide, the main players have acknowledged a stagnation taking place.
Essentially, they have noticed that all the big successful format shows on TV were created more than a decade ago, or before the big wheels took over.
According to Avi, this is because the bigger you are, the more risk averse you become, as huge businesses are run by ferocious finance officers, anxious to please their demanding boards.
